Definitions

“Blackletra” is Blackletra Type Foundry, the trademark of Daniel Sabino de Souza-ME. "You", "End User”, “Client” or “Licensing organization" refer to the consumer who has purchased one or more licenses to use the fonts. A manufacturer, distributor, reseller, dealer, sub licenser, or Original Equipment Manufacturer ("OEM") is not an end user. Blackletra products may not be distributed and/or sold to third parties without the prior written consent of Blackletra. In this agreement, "Font", "Fonts" or "Font Software" are synonyms, they are defined as the fonts and Software drawings identified on your sales receipt.


“Website” is defined as a collection of web pages located under a certain domain. The website can be viewed by a web browser and/or through a web-based mobile application.


“Domain” is the name of a website’s home page. The domain may be comprised of one unique domain name (as in "abc" of http://www.abc.com) or multiple sub-domains (shop.abc.com, or “blog” of blog.abc.com, etc.). Under this license you must own the domain and control the content of the licensed websites.


“Unique monthly visitors” is the average monthly amount of visitors of a website


Webfonts are web font versions, usually in .woff, .woff2, .eot, or .svg formats.


Add-ons or addendum are additions to our basic license (Desktop, Web and Apps), which need to be purchased depending on your specific use.

License rights

A perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable license for the use of a font software is granted for your personal business or internal use only, and subject to all terms and conditions of this agreement. This license may be revoked by Blackletra.


You have no rights over the font software other than those expressly set forth in this agreement.


You agree that Blackletra holds all rights to the font software, its structure, organization, code and related files, including all copyrights, design and trademark rights.


You agree that the font software, its structure, organization, code and related files are trade secrets of Blackletra and you agree to treat them as such.


Any use of the font software not expressly permitted by this agreement constitutes a breach of ownership. All rights not granted under this Agreement are expressly reserved to Blackletra.


You acknowledge that the fonts are, among other means, protected under Brazilian trademark and/or copyright law, by the trademark and/or copyright and design laws of other nations and by international treaties.

Allowed uses, restrictions & embedding

PRINT/DESKTOP: Permits the installation of Fonts on desktop computers of your organization in order to design images and documents for print and screen, as long as you have stated the size of the licensing organization correctly, measured by TOTAL number of employees. Only files provided by Blackletra can be used.


WEB: Webfonts can be used to create texts on your site, as long as you have stated the size of the licensing organization correctly, measured by TOTAL number of employees. Only files provided by Blackletra can be used. There is no limit to the number of domains or sub-domains in which Webfonts can be served as long as they all belong to and are under the exclusive control of the licensing organization. You may not use the fonts as a tool or feature for third parties to create custom products or documents, they are licensed only for your use. Hosting of webfonts by any webfonts hosting service is strictly prohibited except with the prior written permission of Blackletra.


LOGO DESIGN: If the number of employees of the licensing organization exceeds 500 people, the licensing organization will need to purchase a customized license by email in order to be able to use our fonts in their logo (be the vectors modified or not).


SERVER: You can install fonts on a single file server for the use of a local network within your business or home as long as only people in your organization have access to the fonts.


MOBILE APPS & EMBEDDING: You can embed fonts or rasterized images from the fonts (i.e. GIF, JPG etc.) into .pdf documents or Flash files, for viewing and printing only and you are allowed to distribute the font by embedding it in the mobile apps under control of your organization, so long as the font is embedded in such a way that the reader is restricted from changing its embedding permissions, extracting the complete font from the document, and creating or editing new content using the fonts.


ePUB: You can use the fonts in electronic publications (such as e-books or e-magazines) so long as you have stated the size of the licensing organization correctly, measured by number of employees.


You may make backup copies of the fonts solely for backup purposes, but you agree to maintain custody and control over such copies.


You agree to indemnify Blackletra for all costs or damages caused by failures to protect the files.


Making the font software of Blackletra freely accessible and/or freely downloadable via the internet by any means is expressly prohibited.


You may not rent, lease, sublicense, lend or distribute the font software, or any copy thereof, except as expressly provided herein.


This license prohibits the incorporation, inclusion or linking of the fonts within OEM hardware and software. You will need a custom license for this.


To use our fonts in video games, films, TV/series or to embed the fonts in hardware/software (OEM), a special license is required.Please contactus by email: info@blackletra.com


Using our fonts to spread racism, hate speech, fascist speech, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia or any other form of discrimination and/or intolerance, as well as any speech favorable to arms programs is strictly prohibited.


Use in political campaigns, by political parties or governments requires Blackletra's prior written consent. In such cases, please contact us to request an authorization before purchasing your license. Blackletra reserves the right to revoke any Licenses that violate this item. In such cases the license fee will not be refunded.

Trial fonts

You can use the Trial Fonts to create images, mockups and layouts to be presented to your clients, in order to make the final decision to purchase the font(s). Trial Fonts can be used within your organization for testing purposes only. A license must be purchased if the fonts are going to be used on commercial projects. Only Trial fonts downloaded from our website can be used.


Students can use the Trial Fonts for educational projects. A license must be purchased when the fonts are going to be used on commercial projects.


You cannot use Trial Fonts for commercial purposes. If the user wants to use the Trial Fonts for commercial purposes, the user must purchase a full version of the fonts. You may not distribute Trial Fonts to any person, entity or organization outside of your organization. You may not adapt, modify or alter the fonts to create a derivative product/font. Making Blackletra’s Trial font software freely accessible and/or freely downloadable via the internet by any means is expressly prohibited.


Third parties

The user may provide a copy of the fonts to a printer or service bureau in order to print a document as long as the service bureau erases the copy of the fonts as soon as the work is finished.


Fonts may not be stored or used in any way that makes them accessible to the public or to unlicensed third parties.


Except as otherwise provided, you may not copy, distribute or provide fonts to third parties.

Modifications and Derivative Works

You may not adapt, modify or alter the font to create a derivative product.


You agree not to hire any third party to modify the fonts without the prior written consent of Blackletra.

Prices and Updates

The prices are all based on the company size of the License owner, measured in number of employees.


Blackletra may possibly update the fonts. In these situations, price updates may apply.

Limitation of Liability

Blackletra warrants that the font software will operate for ninety (90) days after receipt.


Although we do our best to achieve the highest technical level in our products, Blackletra cannot guarantee that the operation of the fonts will be unimpeded, uninterrupted or error-free, nor are the fonts without defects and, in no case, must be liable for any damages including financial loss, lost profits or lost savings.


You agree that if the font does not operate according to the technical specifications, the liability for the repair will be limited to the replacement of the font.


Blackletra shall have no responsibility to replace the product or reimburse the purchase if any failures or problems occur due to accidents, abuse or misuse of the font software.


Blackletra and its suppliers cannot guarantee the performance or results that you can obtain using the fonts. It is your responsibility to ensure that the fonts are fit for your purposes.


Termination

The agreement will automatically terminate in the event of failure by you or any of your authorized agents to comply with these terms without notice. You agree to destroy all copies of the fonts, including backup copies, upon termination of this agreement.


Choice of Law and Agreements

This font software license agreement is governed by the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The user of the font software license agreement confirms that he or she has read all the statutes of this license agreement, understood and agreed to all the obligations and conditions set forth in this license agreement.


You expressly agree that this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, as they apply to contracts wholly performed therein and without respect to its conflict of laws provisions or the conflict of laws provisions of any other jurisdiction. You expressly submit to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. You hereby expressly agree that the application of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded.


Blackletra reserves the right to change or modify this license agreement at any time and without prior notice to the extent permitted by law.


  • All inquiries may be sent via e-mail to info@blackletra.com
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    Version II
    April 13, 2021